model of a commercial company founded by universities and local self-governments mirosław miller

Model of a commercial company founded by universities and local self-governments

Mirosław Miller

Model of a commercial company founded by universities and local self-governments

Mirosław Miller

Research and Innovation Centers at Universities, Warsaw, 12.05.2011

AgendaAgenda

• EIT+ Programme: creating an innovative

Wroclaw

• Wroclaw Research Centre EIT+ Ltd

• Pracze Campus as a focal point

• Linking research and business: EIT+ models

• EIT+ Programme: creating an innovative

Wroclaw

• Wroclaw Research Centre EIT+ Ltd

• Pracze Campus as a focal point

• Linking research and business: EIT+ models

Knowledge Based EconomyKnowledge Based EconomyRegionally Regionally

1. Skilled people

2. Innovation supporting ecosystem incl. open infrastructure dedicated to innovation projects

3. Effective collaboration between academia – innovative industry

4. Trust between actors

5. Financing available (from seed to venture)

6. Local and central government support (incl. financial)

7. Transfer of the best practices

Net flows (incoming minus outgoing) in proportion to people working in S&T 2002, 4th and 5th Framework Programmes

Skilled people ?Skilled people ?

Source:Impact Assessment of Marie Curie Actions Fellowships in FP4 and FP5 2005, by Daphne van de Sande, Helen Louise Ackers, Bryony Gill et al.

Effective collaboration Effective collaboration academia – industry ?academia – industry ?

The only way: The only way: an escape forwardan escape forward

The continent’s division

into Europe of two speeds is a fact.

Poland is a country of studying people: every 10th EU student comes from Poland

Poland’s chances/ Poland’s chances/ WroclawWroclaw’s’s chances chances

1

Re-emigration of educated Poles to the country (contracts, projects)

2

Poland’s chances/ Poland’s chances/ WroclawWroclaw’s’s chances chances

67 billion EURO from Structural Funds 2008-2013

3

Poland’s chances/ Poland’s chances/ WroclawWroclaw’s’s chances chances

No. 1 economy in Europe during and after the world’s recession

4

Poland’s chances/ Poland’s chances/ WroclawWroclaw’s’s chances chances

Solution:Solution:

Education + science + business

Metropolitan strategy

State support

Wroclaw Wroclaw in nutshellin nutshell

• Fourth largest city in Poland

• Second highest budget

• 1 million people

• Lower Silesia region: 3 million

• EURO, EXPO, EIT, …

Why Wrocław ?

Regional Strategy for Regional Strategy for Lower Silesia 2007 - 2013Lower Silesia 2007 - 2013

Investing substantial portion of the EU-based structural and cohesion funds into:

Making Lower Silesia the European Knowledge Creation Region in the European Research Area (ERA)

Making material conditions for strong partnership between Higher Education, Research and Innovative Business & Economy

Making Lower Silesia a knowledge-based economy region

The EIT+ programme

• EIT+ Programme: creating an innovative

Wroclaw

• Wroclaw Research Centre EIT+ Ltd

• Pracze Campus as a focal point

• Linking research and business: EIT+ models

Wroclaw University of

Technology

University of Wroclaw

Wroclaw Medical University

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Wroclaw Research Centre EIT+Wroclaw Research Centre EIT+ShareholdersShareholders

The City of Wroclaw

Wroclaw University of

Environmental and Life Sciences

Wroclaw University of Economics

Lower Silesia Region

Concept

Key competencies of EIT+Key competencies of EIT+

Management of the

intellectual capital

Management of research

projects

Management of knowledge

transfer

Management of relations

with the environment

NanotechnologyLife SciencesClimate and

Energy ICT technologies

Research areas: Research areas: convergence technologies convergence technologies

Key EIT+ projects Key EIT+ projects financed from IE OPfinanced from IE OP

Pracze Campus 140 m Euro

BioMed

27.6 m Euro

NanoMat

31.1 m Euro

Climate EIT

300 T Euro

Accelerator spin-

off

3 m Euro

City of

Wrocław

ICT, 7 FP

2,5 m Euro

IBM Fraunhofer

EADS

KGHM

Research and technology Research and technology projects – role of EIT+projects – role of EIT+

• Initiation of project (identification of real innovation needs)

• Looking for business partner • Looking for research partner• Defining the financial model• Preparation of project application• Project management / coordination• Administration• Monitoring/reporting• Commercialization (IP management)• Research in the own infrastructure after 2013

Key activities of EIT+Key activities of EIT+Goals for 2013

2011 2012 2013

Public-private Pracze Campus in operational stage

Interdisciplinary research groups created

Realization of R&D projects in partnership with industry

Creation of IP of significant market value

Operation of a unique team for IP commercialization and management

At least 10 spin-off companies with EIT+ shares

Developed relations with international research centres, research groups, entrepreneurers, governments (local&central)

Wroclaw Research Centre as Corporate Social Responsible company

• EIT+ Programme: creating an innovative

Wroclaw

• Wroclaw Research Centre EIT+ Ltd

• Pracze Campus as a focal point

• Linking research and business: EIT+ models

Pracze Campus – focal pointPracze Campus – focal point

EURO2012

BLDG 7: BIOTECHNOLOGY AND NANOTECHNOLOGY LABORATORIES

BLDG1 B, C: MATERIALS CHARACTERISATION LABORATORIES

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BLDG 9: BIOTECHNOLOGY LABORATORIES

BLDG 9 A: CHEMICAL SYNTHESIS AND NANOTECHNOLOGY LABORATORIES

Pracze Campus today…Pracze Campus today…

EIT+ laboratoriesEIT+ laboratories

• 34 research and technology laboratories of the total space over 24,000 m2: materials science, life sciences, medicine

• 23 laboratories unique for Poland (GLP, GNP, BLS3 standards).

• Multidisciplinary research centre of unique infrastructure for Wroclaw

• 89 work places for people of high qualifications

Pracze Campus today…Pracze Campus today…

Pracze Campus in 2013 Pracze Campus in 2013

Pracze Campus in 2020Pracze Campus in 2020Wrocław Innovation HubWrocław Innovation Hub

• EIT+ Programme: creating an innovative

Wroclaw

• Wroclaw Research Centre EIT+ Ltd

• Pracze Campus as a focal point

• Linking research and business: EIT+ models

Commercialisation modelsCommercialisation models

• Spin-off technology companies

• Project implementation in partnership with business (Academia to Business Forum)

• Licensing

• Financing: own resources and outer capitals

„„Innovation funnel”Innovation funnel”Creating– investing in spin-off companies

Academia to Business ForumAcademia to Business ForumGeneral rules

• R&D fields: biomedicine, advanced/nano materials

• Initiation of project from industry & business

• Industry partner co-finances and controls project

• Percentage of co-financing negotiable (10-20%)

• Co-ownership of IP (negotiable)

• Milestones and deliverables clearly defined

• After each milestone decision to be undertaken:- stop the project- start next milestone- exit of EIT+ and transfer of 100% IP to business partner (costs defined in agreement)- commercialization by both partners

EIT+ role in financing an EIT+ role in financing an early stage of R&D projectsearly stage of R&D projects

SeedCapital

BusinessAngels

VentureCapital

PrivateEquity

Stock Exchange

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FORUM A2BFORUM A2B

Spin off AcceleratorSpin off Accelerator

GIZA POLAND VCGIZA POLAND VC

EIT+ faces

Prof. dr. hab. Detlef HommelThe NanoMat project coordinator

Prof. dr. hab. Jacek OtlewskiThe BioMed project coordinator

EIT+ EIT+ ffacesaces

Dr. Magdalena OrnatowskaLife Science Department

Dr. Łukasz NieradkoNanotechnology Department

EIT+ EIT+ ffacesaces

Dr. Radosław PiesiewiczICT Department

Cezary LejkowskiClimate and Energy Department

EIT+ EIT+ ffacesaces

A sum-upA sum-up

Wroclaw has an ambition to join the European science cities elite.

A sum-upA sum-up

We want to use structural resources for creating new qualities in the field of building

the knowledge-based economy in the region.

A sum-upA sum-up

We want to support the government in reforming Polish science.

A sum-upA sum-up

We are building the Pracze Campus, „the meeting place” for research and

business in the standards of 21st century.

Thank youThank you

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